Anchorage Personal Injury Lawyer articles in category: Miscellaneous

There have been many deaths and serious injuries this winter from fires where smoke alarms were apparently not in use. Where these events happen in private homes and the dead and injured are the...

Cassalin Blawat, 18, has been charged with assault for stabbing her boyfriend in Anchorage a couple of weeks ago. If she is convicted, or pleads either guilty or no contest to the charges, her civil...

There are many ways to find a good attorney to help with a personal injury or wrongful death case. Rating companies like Martindale-Hubbell or "Best Lawyers in America" can be consulted. Ask court system personnel or retired or sitting judges who is capable of taking on such a case. Your attorney must know a lot more than the law...he or she much have a sense of the practical, be able to try...

According to charging documents, a pool game at Klondike Mike's in Palmer lead to a stabbing. Jonathon Gilliam, 21, is charged with assault, attempted murder, and evidence tampering for the alleged stabbing of Richard Beck, 42. But if Beck is seriously injured or has big bills and lost wages, he should hire a good personal injury attorney to investigate the case. I Gilliam owns a home, or is...

Retired FDA medical officer, John Gueriguian, who spent 20 years with the agency, testified for the State of Alaska last week in Anchorage Superior Court. The State is suing the drug maker over medicaid costs incurred because of increased side effects it attributes to Zyprexa, a drug used to treat depression and schizophrenia. Gueriguian said the company distorted the science and downplayed the...

A good personal injury attorney usually enjoys the respect of legal professionals. Ask lawyers who practice in other legal subject areas, judges, court personnel and friends in the insurance industry for referrals to a qualified personal injury attorney. Martindale-Hubbell, LawDragon, and Best Lawyers in America provide the public with peer reviewed assessment of attorney performance. ...

27 year old Jennifer Jacobsen died of gunshot wounds she suffered Monday night. She was either going to or coming from an apartment building at the 5300 block of East 40th in Anchorage. She was found dead in her pickup as she was trying to get medical care. If the shooter is found, and has homeowner's insurance, her survivors may have claims. An experienced personal injury attorney will be...

AST has not released the name of a man shot dead in a driveway around mile 88 of the Parks Highway recently. The incident is being treated as a homicide and one suspect/witness is cooperating with the investigation. The decedent's family may have a claim for his wrongful death...if it was 'wrongful.' A careful investigation of the facts by a qualified personal injury attorney and exploration...

Last Friday night at the Dimond Center, near the Best Buy entrance, Mason Sylvester and Michael Lewis were shot and seriously injured. The alleged shooter, Jason Rak, 19, is in custody, charged with attempted murder. While the criminal system will deal with Rak in due course, Sylvester and Lewis would be wise to hire an attorney to investigate claims against Rak. Liability seems clear and...

There are many ways to figure out who is up to the challenge that these cases present. If you know judges, or people that work in the court system, they may be able to help refer you. Martindale-Hubbell is an organization that has provided the public and legal profession with peer-reviewed rating of attorneys for over 130 years. M/H's highest rating, AV, means that lawyers and judges think...

A gun shot wounded a Wasilla 17 year old who was later treated and released from Matanuska Valley Regional Hospital. AST reported yesterday that the incident happened 11:00 p.m. Friday night. They are seeking the identity of the shooter. If the injury was accidental, and the shooter lives in a home covered by homeowner's insurance, the injured young man likely has a claim for his damages...

Last Saturday, near Sport Lake Road, in the Soldotna area, Joshua Freeman, 20 and Samuel Willey, 40 got into an argument. Freeman allegedly shot Willey, who survived. Willey may bring suit against Freeman, and he would be smart to do so if Freeman is covered by a policy of homeowner's insurance or has significant assets. Unless Freeman had no excuse at all and intended, without any...

A fire Tuesday night in an apartment complex left 13 Chugiak residents homeless. Extensive damage was done to adjacent property, including a fire truck worth $1,000,000. Fire investigators are seaching for the cause and origin of the fire. No serious injuries have been reported. Those with serious losses will need to hire an experienced injury attorney with access to a highly qualified cause...

Federal prosecutors have charged Bernadine Dee Sponaugle, 49, of Anchorage with embezzling funds from her employer, Geneva Woods Clinic. But that will do the victim no good unless there is the right kind of insurance coverage in place to pay for the loss. The right coverage and a good attorney familiar with insurance law is usually the only way to recover from such a theft. Employers should...

75 year old Gene Speece of Homer lost his life Friday when his skiff capsized off Port Graham. Mike and Charles Speece were also on board. All were thrown into the icy water, but a near by charter boat pulled Mike and Charles from the water. They appeared unharmed. But the older Speece was trapped under the skiff. He was dead when a Coast Guard rescue swimmer pulled him from the water an...